Ezekiel 35 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: The word of the LORD came to me: The word of the LORD came to me:
2 'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it
3 and thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee a desolation and an astonishment. and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
4 Thy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah. I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the LORD. I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end: Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment, “’Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax,
6 Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee. therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
7 And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning, I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go. I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.
8 And filled his mountains with his wounded, Thy hills, and thy valleys, and all thy streams, The pierced of the sword fall into them. And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall. I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.
9 Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I am Jehovah. I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD. I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
10 Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there; “Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the LORD was there— “’Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I the LORD was there,
11 Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have done according to thine anger, And according to thine envy, With which thou hast wrought, Because of thy hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge thee. therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.
12 And thou hast known that I -- Jehovah, I have heard all thy despisings that thou hast spoken Against mountains of Israel, saying: A desolation, to us they were given for food. And you shall know that I am the LORD. “I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.’ Then you will know that I the LORD have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.”
13 And ye magnify yourselves against Me with your mouth, And have made abundant against Me your words, I -- I have heard. And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. You boasted against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.
14 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: According to the rejoicing of the whole land, A desolation I make of thee. Thus says the Lord GOD: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
15 According to thy joy at the inheritance of the house of Israel because of desolation, So I do to thee -- a desolation thou art, O mount Seir, and all Edom -- all of it, And they have known that I am Jehovah! As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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